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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1109397" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Call me crazy but if I were you I'd think hard before going forward.</p><p></p><p>The recoil of the .300 Rum can be pretty hard to live with and when you start talking about even more powder than the Rum's capacity you're talking about some pretty tough recoil.</p><p></p><p>I love the thirties and own/shoot 3 300wm's and 3 300 Rum's. I have the Rum's in both light (7.5lbs) and heavy (13.5lbs) configurations with good muzzle brakes so the recoil is tolerable but it will wear on you if you do any kind of high volume shooting.</p><p></p><p>I just returned from Africa and had seriously considered taking one of my Rum's along but settled instead on my favorite Model 70 300wm and shot everything from the tiny little Duiker up to Blue and Black Wildebeest with it. </p><p></p><p>With the right bullet the 300wm is a real workhorse capable of great things in the right hands. </p><p></p><p>Cannonitis is an expensive affliction and if you end up developing a flinch as a result of said affliction it can be very hard to cure.</p><p></p><p>I'm constantly amazed at how many low mileage 300 Rums there are for sale at reduced prices here in the classifieds, on other site's classified ads and of course on places like gunbroker. You can pick up a very nice used one at a bargain, for far less than it will cost you to build one so if you are really intent on going the Rum route I would strongly suggest starting there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1109397, member: 30902"] Call me crazy but if I were you I'd think hard before going forward. The recoil of the .300 Rum can be pretty hard to live with and when you start talking about even more powder than the Rum's capacity you're talking about some pretty tough recoil. I love the thirties and own/shoot 3 300wm's and 3 300 Rum's. I have the Rum's in both light (7.5lbs) and heavy (13.5lbs) configurations with good muzzle brakes so the recoil is tolerable but it will wear on you if you do any kind of high volume shooting. I just returned from Africa and had seriously considered taking one of my Rum's along but settled instead on my favorite Model 70 300wm and shot everything from the tiny little Duiker up to Blue and Black Wildebeest with it. With the right bullet the 300wm is a real workhorse capable of great things in the right hands. Cannonitis is an expensive affliction and if you end up developing a flinch as a result of said affliction it can be very hard to cure. I'm constantly amazed at how many low mileage 300 Rums there are for sale at reduced prices here in the classifieds, on other site's classified ads and of course on places like gunbroker. You can pick up a very nice used one at a bargain, for far less than it will cost you to build one so if you are really intent on going the Rum route I would strongly suggest starting there. [/QUOTE]
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